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National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2012 to Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar

Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.

The National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2012 has been awarded to Mountain Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar. The two Nepalis received the award for last year's "The Ultimate Descent", their ascent of Mount Everest, paraglider flight from the summit and kayak paddle all the way from Nepal to the Bay of Bengal. A trip which took them from the 8,865m high summit down the rivers Kosi and Ganges for 850km to reach the Indian Ocean.

"We weren’t after a record, we just wanted to do all these things, climbing, paragliding, kayaking, in one continuous trip," said Lakpa. When asked about his favourite part of the trip, Babu said, "Taking off from the highest point in the world."